A number of athletes have taken to social media to share a laugh at the comical 'anti-sex' cardboard beds at the Olympic village in Tokyo.
Organisers announced that athletes will sleep on bed frames made from recyclable cardboard, with mattresses formed of polyethylene materials that will be reused for plastic products after the Games.
Up to 18,000 beds are required at the village, nestled in Tokyo Bay and in sight of the iconic Rainbow Bridge, during the Olympics that begin on July 24.
Only 8,000 beds will be needed for the Paralympics. But conditions are not necessarily luxurious.
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Images from athletes showed small rooms, with a single bed, of only nine square metres and doubles of 12 square metres.
Athletes will have to share the room, which experts have claimed could increase the risk of spreading Covid-19.
But many have also taken a dig at the laughable 'anti-sex' beds.
While the beds are tough enough to stand up to beefy weightlifters and towering basketball players, they are designed for one person only.
Athletes and fans have started arriving in Tokyo as they settle in ahead of the Opening Ceremony this week and many have taken a cheeky dig at the sleeping arrangements.
Taking the mattress off the bed and placing it on the floor seems far too easy to fix this problem π€¨@Tokyo2020 did you make the floors anti-sex too? Asking for a friend π https://t.co/AR9ereLhfm
— Ellen Perez (@EllenPerez95) July 18, 2021
Let me order this mattress pad for this bed ... I just know that mattress is hard in Tokyo πππ
— Brittney Reese, OLY, MBA (@DaLJBeast) July 17, 2021
So if I spill water on my bed in Tokyo, will it be compromised!? ππ
— Rai Benjamin (@_Kingben_) July 17, 2021
Let me order this mattress pad for this bed ... I just know that mattress is hard in Tokyo πππ
— Brittney Reese, OLY, MBA (@DaLJBeast) July 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/Paulchelimo/status/1416240846039523331
This is the craziest story. In order to prevent Olympians from having sex, and thus risk spreading the Covid virus, beds at the Tokyo Olympic Village are made from cardboard so they collapse if more than one person gets on them! pic.twitter.com/RZKEPbcr4x
— John Aravosis πΊπΈπ¬π·π³οΈβπ (@aravosis) July 17, 2021
Beds in Olympics in Tokyo. Made from recycled cardboard. Really good for the environment, will be interesting to see if my back benefit from it as well ππΌ pic.twitter.com/XIAJrt4pjc
— ZeΔira MuΕ‘oviΔ (@ZeciraMusovic) July 18, 2021
Yes, the beds are actually cardboard boxes π¦ @sydneyleroux you could make one from all your Amazon packages π pic.twitter.com/zKzu2Lo00V
— Ali Riley (@RileyThree) July 17, 2021
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Source: in.news.yahoo.com